Mansion with swinging past in Bridgeport sold

A former Bridgeport Township mansion that once housed a swingers club has a new owner.

Chris and Lisa Paten of Ace American Alarm Co., 6222 Dixie in Bridgeport, in December purchased the brick home at 6412 Tin Lizzy Lane between Cracker Barrel Restaurant and the T/A Truck Stop on Dixie.

"We have no immediate plans other than to use it as an office building," Chris Paten said.

The Patens bought the place from Eastpointe Mortgage, which moved out about a year and a half ago, Chris Paten said. Eastpointe conducted business in the building for nearly four years, he said, and it has remained closed since.

The former Ferris Mansion once housed the Pairadise Inn, a private bed and breakfast that boasted it had "three floors with two designated areas of adult fun."

Bridgeport Township gave former tenant Craig Tyler a permit for a bed and breakfast in late 2000. Officials closed the business in March 2001, within a week of learning its use as a swingers club.